Xenox
{{Short description|Genus of flies}}
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| image = Xenox tigrinus P1190246a.jpg
| image_caption = Xenox tigrinus
| taxon = Xenox
| authority = Evenhuis, 1985
| display_parents = 2
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Xenox is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae. There are five described species in Xenox, all of which parasitize bees in the genus Xylocopa as larvae.{{cite journal|last1=Evenhuis|first1=Neal L.|title=The Status of the Genera of the Tribe Anthracini (Diptera: Bombyliidae)|journal=International Journal of Entomology|date=19 April 1985|volume=27|issue=1-2|page=167|url=http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pdf/pi27-1p162.pdf|access-date=8 May 2018|ref=Evenhuis1985}}
Species
- Xenox delila (Loew, 1869)
- Xenox habrosus (Marston, 1970)
- Xenox nigrita (Fabricius, 1775)
- Xenox tigrinus (De Geer, 1776) (tiger bee fly)
- Xenox xylocopae (Marston, 1970)
References
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book
| title = Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I
| date = 1981
| editor-last1 = McAlpine | editor-first1 = J. F.
| editor-last2 = Petersen | editor-first2 = B. V.
| editor-last3 = Shewell | editor-first3 = G. E.
| editor-last4 = Teskey | editor-first4 = H. J.
| editor-last5 = Vockeroth | editor-first5 = J. R.
| editor-last6 = Wood | editor-first6 = D. M.
| publisher = Agriculture Canada, Research Branch
| isbn = 978-0-660-10731-8
| url = http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.817747/publication.html
}}
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External links
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- {{Commons category-inline|Xenox}}
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